Rain Spoils Play Festival Yet Graduation Exercises Proceed
In Decorah Iowa rain disrupted the May play festival but an overflow crowd attended the eighth grade graduation. Frankville township riders led the contests with Chester Peck first and Mildred Owen eighth, while Allie Hallman and Hen Rita Rogness placed high in running events. Dr. R. W. Cooper spoke on The American Youth as eighty one of one hundred eleven graduates received diplomas amid a celebratory mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Miller
Frankville Township
Chester Peck
Mildred Owen
Gerhard Haugen
Allie Hallman
Freeport
Henrietta Rogness
Military
Helma Halvorson
Madison
Palma Falder
Canoe
Clarence Johnson
Ossian
Bertha Gates
Hesper
Ida Kubish
Fort Atkinson
Decorah High School
G. 8. Lackland
R. W. Cooper
Upper Town University
Supt. Miller
Dr. Cooper
Miller
Kennedy Joins Serum Company From Iowa State College
Word from Ames reports Prof. W. 4. Kennedy, recently deposed director of the Agricultural Extension Department at Iowa State College, has accepted a post as managing director of Union Serum Co. in Sioux City, makers of hog cholera serum. The note warns that loss of such talent threatens the leadership and pride of the state’s educational institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
W. 4. Kennedy
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Union Serum Co
Sioux City
Iowa
Kennedy
Congregationalists Plan Hospital Project in Des Moines
At a Marshalltown conference Town Congregationalists discussed taking over the Des Moines hospital scheme turning it into a state institution similar to the Des Moines Methodist hospital. The Des Moines hospital association has a site but lacks funds. The group also plans Town church diamond jubilee with Des Moines hosting in May 1915 when about forty thousand delegates are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Prohibitionists Save Preston Brewery Fire
Drys at Preston picnic celebrated the town vote to ban saloons while a fire broke out at the Preston brewery. They aided the fire department and the blaze was extinguished without serious loss. Volunteers resumed the picnic with lemonade and grape juice. Liquor sale is banned but manufacture continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drys
Preston
Nurseryman and wife survive bayou plunge after buggy fall
Ek M Sherman a nurseryman and his wife with their horse and buggy dropped fifty feet into a bayou near Charles City last Friday when the horse balked. The water prevented injury to either occupant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ek. M. Sherman
Charles City
Winneshiek County Corn Crop Rises in 1913
The 1913 Winneshiek corn harvest rose about 30 percent over 1912, reaching 3,602,430 bushels from 2,793,630. Orleans township led with 231,790 bushels, while Glenwood produced 125,785. Average yield was about 46 bushels per acre, with Bloomfield and Spillville higher than the county average. The crop was valued at roughly $1.8 million at 50 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneshiek
Winneshiek County
Orleans
Glenwood
Fremont
Burr Oak
Hesper
Highland
Bluffton
Canoe
Pleasant
Lincoln
Madison
Castalia Corp
Ft. Atkinson Corp
Jackson Junction
Calmar
Springfield
Frankville
Jackson
Washington
Bloomfield
Ridgeway Corp
Spillville Corp
Bloomfield Township
Spillville
Tragic Runaway at Waucoma Stockyards
A runaway wagon at the Waucoma stockyards last week left one girl dead and another seriously injured. The Johnson family, with five and nine year old daughters, rode in the wagon as the hog was unloaded. The older child fell under the wheel when the father tried to save her, the wheel crushing her skull. the younger was thrown clear with serious limb injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waucoma
A. W. Johnson
Heroic Rescue as Three Die in Garner Fire
Eight year old Sophia Sehram and her three year old sister perished in a Garner house fire at their grandmother Mrs Kolig’s home. Their uncle John Kolig, a bachelor, rushed into the blaze to save them, bringing the scorched children out to the lawn before collapsing from heat and smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Sehram
Anna Sehram
Kolig
Garner
John Kolig
Defaulter Standring Pleads Guilty in Iowa Forgery Case
After seven years in hiding in Texas, John Standring former cashier of the First State bank of Corwith Iowa walked into Garner court and pleaded guilty to fifteen indictments of forgery returned in 1907. He was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Authorities accuse Standring of peculations totaling 875000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
John Standring
First State Bank
Corwith
Iowa
Garner
Standring
Elkader Takes Declamatory Contest and Baseball Tournament
The ninth county declamatory contest was held in Monona on Friday May 15. A baseball tournament followed at 9:30 am with five schools Monona McGregor Guttenberg Strawberry Point and Elkader. Elkader won both the declamatory contest and the ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
McGregor
Guttenberg
Strawberry Point
Elkader
Keep Bowel Movement Regular with Dr King’s Pills
Dr King’s New Life Pills promise to keep the stomach liver and kidneys healthy and aid complexion by flushing them. A Chicago reader C. E. Hatfield reports more relief from one box than any other medicine tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
C. E. Hatfield
Chicago
Bronze Tablet to Barrett Honored by State History
A bas relief bronze tablet honoring the late Professor Richard C. Barrett will be placed in the state historical department. The work by Iowa artist Mabel Moore Kimball features a bas relief of Barrett and was prepared for his family as a substitute for a departmental portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Barrett
State Historical Department
Barrett
Mabel Moore Kimball
Mitchell County
Riceville
Decorah
Chicago Art Institute
Pratt Institute
Moorhead
Minn
New York
Herbert Adams
Prof. Barrett
Cup for Stock Exhibit at Minnesota Breeders Meet
The Minnesota Live Stock Breeder's association executive committee voted to award a silver cup valued at 35 to the Fillmore County Fair for the best livestock exhibit at the 1914 fair. The cup will be kept by the winner for one year then returned for recompetition under the same terms. If won two years in a row it becomes the exhibitor's permanent property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Live Stock Breeder's Association
Fillmore County Fair
Fair Association
Former Railroad Official Sentenced for Embezzlement
William Steele, former general attorney for the Cedar Rapids and Marion interurban, was sentenced by Judge Ellison in Cedar Rapids to six months in jail and a fine of 8500 and will be disbarred. He was convicted of embezzling funds used to settle damage suits against the road. Friends urged a lighter sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Steele
Cedar Rapids and
Marion
Ellison
District Court
Cedar Rapids
Friends of
Steele
Found Dead in School House
Miss Nora Pierce a 23 year old rural schoolteacher was found dead in a pupil seat of a school house at Shell Rock curtains drawn relatives doubt suicide and say heart failure caused the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Pierce
Shell Rock
Capt Tiebor Seals Highlight Sparks Circus Show
A New York Times critique lauds Capt. Tiebor's Seals from a Sparks circus engagement. The five sea lions perform out of water with rope walking, brass band play, juggling, and comedy stunts under Capt. Tiebor's patient training and clean, likable presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks Circus
New York Morning Telegraph
New York
American Music Hall
Tiebor
Seals
Lights Go Out On Mason City White Way
Merchants funded the cluster lights for a year with a council levy planned to start afterward. The year expired, no levy was added, merchants balked at continuing funding, and the lights were shut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Man Killed in Scuffle at Melrose Tile Factory
Gilbert Currier was killed by William Elsberry during a scuffle at the Melrose Tile factory near Fraser last week at noon. Currier was struck on the back of the head and his neck broken. An investigation has been started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Currier
William Elsberry
Melrose
Fraser
Old Corner Stone History and 1859 Lisbon notes
A sealed bottle from the Lutheran church corner stone in Lisbon Linn county marks fifty five years since being placed in 1859. Included are a Cedar Valley Times hand bill and a June 16 1859 edition referencing J G Davenport and Kirkwood for governor. The issue lists railroad connections, a June 15 1859 Cedar Rapids celebration, market prices for beef eggs butter corn oats and wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Linn County
Cedar Valley Times
Cedar Rapids
J. G. Davenport
Northwestern
Mount Vernon
DeWitt
Davenport
Maquoketa
Yankee Run
Toronto
Onion Grove
Tipton
Anamosa
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Vinton
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Marengo
Fort Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Automobile’s Eccentricity Thrills Local Crowd
Charles Hines of near Newell earns local fame for a wild escape as his speeding car slid off a grade and flipped over. He was thrown clear, then jumped back in, righted the vehicle, and continued driving it home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hines
Newell
Mr. Hines
Health as a Key to Success and Constipation Relief
An editorialized health note claims health is the largest factor in a man’s success and links regular bowels to well being. It promotes Chamberlain’s Tablets for constipation and improved appetite and digestion, sold by Engbretson’s Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Engbrettson
Adv
Farmers Buy Right of Way Against Railroads at Manning
Farmers purchase right of way from the Milwaukee railroad reversing a long standing rule. The reconstruction through Manning removes many curves and marks the state's greatest change. The old line runs in the south part of town while the new line shifts to the north section with effects on the surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manning
Milwaukee
Winners in Declamatory Contest in Independence
Frank Munger of Oelwein won first in the oratorical class with Bryan's Prince of Peace. Lois Pye of Waukon took first in the dramatic class with Out of the Garden. Edna Glenn of Cedar Falls won the humorous class with The Pudding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Frank Munger
Oelwein
Bryan
Lois Pye
Waukon
Edna Glenn
Cedar Falls
Dr Thomas Ee Leetic Oil Ad Sparks Emergency Use
Accidents happen, but the best regulated families keep Dr Thomas Ee Leetic Oil for emergencies. Available in two sizes, 25 and 50 cents, at all stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
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A. K. Bailey & Son
Serum Company
Congregationalists Plan Hospital
Bayou
Mabel Moore
Hart Se
Sparks’ Circus
OLD Corner Stone History
Ben
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Ben Bear
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Corner Water and Winnebago Sts., Decorah
Cbautauqta
E. J. Parman
Richard Schrubbe
G. S. Lackland
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